Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning

Tue, Dec 9, 2014 · Amalie Arena · 2014–15 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 3

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at Amalie Arena. Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Braden Holtby made 33 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 35–36.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	2	5	35
TBL	1	1	1	3	36

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:40	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (13) · wrist	Tom Wilson (5), John Carlson (16)	1–0
1st	13:49	TBL	EV	Brian Boyle (6) · tip-in	Victor Hedman (8), JT Brown (3)	1–1
1st	14:23	WSH	PP	Matt Niskanen (2) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (21), Marcus Johansson (8)	2–1
2nd	00:47	TBL	EV	Steven Stamkos (17) · wrist	Ryan Callahan (12), Victor Hedman (9)	2–2
2nd	04:36	WSH	EV	Brooks Laich (3) · wrist	Joel Ward (7)	3–2
3rd	10:52	WSH	EV	Troy Brouwer (7) · wrist	Marcus Johansson (9), Evgeny Kuznetsov (7)	4–2
3rd	19:56	TBL	PP	Valtteri Filppula (5) · wrist	Tyler Johnson (21), Victor Hedman (10)	4–3
3rd	19:59	WSH	SH EN	Alex Ovechkin (14) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (22)	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:58	TBL	JT Brown	boarding	2
1st	13:53	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
1st	13:53	TBL	Cedric Paquette	roughing	2
1st	13:53	TBL	Cedric Paquette	roughing	2
2nd	09:11	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	hooking	2
2nd	11:32	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
2nd	15:44	WSH	Nate Schmidt	elbowing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 3.62 · TBL 3.04 · xG% WSH 54.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	66.7	16:52	22
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+1	0	7	4	0		14:55	19
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0		13:49	14
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	7	2	0		24:23	31
2	Matt Niskanen	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	0		23:23	29
21	Brooks Laich	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	3		19:11	25
42	Joel Ward	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	100.0	17:04	21
20	Troy Brouwer	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	2	60.0	16:21	19
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		11:36	12
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	-1	4	0	2	1		10:36	15
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2		26:25	29
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		20:40	27
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	60.0	15:59	21
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	50.0	14:57	18
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		12:54	14
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50.0	11:58	12
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1		11:34	18
38	Jack Hillen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:23	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	36	33	3	.917	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	3	3	0	0	4	2	1		21:47	21
91	Steven Stamkos	C	1	0	1	-3	0	3	1	0	54.5	19:33	20
24	Ryan Callahan	R	0	1	1	-2	0	2	6	0		18:58	20
51	Valtteri Filppula	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	40.0	18:29	18
9	Tyler Johnson	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	33.3	16:32	17
11	Brian Boyle	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	0	71.4	11:45	15
23	JT Brown	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0		11:32	15
6	Anton Stralman	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		23:59	22
17	Alex Killorn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		18:07	21
5	Jason Garrison	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		17:34	18
62	Andrej Sustr	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		17:32	18
25	Matt Carle	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		17:25	19
18	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		16:54	17
7	Radko Gudas	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	2		15:43	18
14	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:07	17
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1		13:45	16
10	Brenden Morrow	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		13:14	15
13	Cedric Paquette	C	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	1		11:56	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ben Bishop	L	34	30	4	.882	58:38